On 26 November 2010 Alkarama addressed the Special Rapporteur on Torture requesting his intervention with the Moroccan authorities for instigate an investigation into the incident. The purpose of the investigation is to determine the actual prison conditions and to prosecute the alleged torturers involved in the mass prison transfer on 9 October 2010.

Alkarama has received several reports from Moroccan prisoners who report having been ill-treated, in violation of their basic human rights.

Youssef Al-Khammal, 35, is a farmer from Tangiers. He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals in Rabat on 18 September 2003. He was serving his sentence in Tangiers prison up until the transfer to Kenitra on 9 October 2010.

According to reports, prison guards entered his cell at dusk, blindfolded and cuffed him, dragged him out of his cell, leaving behind his clothes and personal belongings.

He was then thrown into a prisoner van and was brutally beaten upon arrival at Kenitra prison.

That day, over 100 detainees, from six different prisons (Tangiers, Fes, Meknes, Souk Larbaa, Beni Slimane and Oukacha) were transferred to Kenitra prison.

Many were beaten and exposed to inhumane treatment. Prison guards allegedly insulted the prisoners and threatened them with death. Several prisoners were stripped naked and beaten. Those who protested were hanged by their wrists and beaten during several hours.

Youssef Al-Khammal's wife was informed of his transfer to Kenitra on 11 October 2010 and was allowed to briefly visit him on 15 October 2010. She found her husband in a station of shock, his body covered in wounds and contusions, especially on his hands and feet.

Her husband reported that he was initially held in solitary confinement, with his hands and feet tied, and was suspended by his feet in the Kenitra prison courtyard the entire day of Saturday 9 October 2010. Finally, in a final act of humiliation, the torturers urinated on him before bringing him to his cell.

The Moroccan prison administration use torture as a backlash against prisoners such as Youssef Khammal and Abou Elkassim Britel who perform hunger strikes in protest of the unfairs of their sentences and deteriorating prison conditions.

The following detainees were on hunger strike and given the same punishment as Youssef Al-Khammal:

- Mohamed Said Dghiri
- Mustafa El-Mimouni
- Salaheddine Benyaiche
- Ahmed Zemmouri
- Abdesalam El-Dachraoui